This is the connector I picked up at the meet, I think it's Burnley's but I'm not 100% sure, it was left connected to my LCD-3, so I packed it away by accident.
Happy 21, I hope you will eventually find that beer your looking for
Thanks again Burnley for all the time and effort you throw into this meet, all the vendors were outstanding and the chance to hear high end HP's and setups is a special treat.
Impressions:
Ether open and closed: I felt the open HP was more to my liking, but both were outstanding. My impression of the Ether at the last meet was positive, but I was just not that overwhelmed. I felt the Alpha Prime's were just as good or better. Strange how much better the Ether sounded to me this time around. Talking to Dan later in the day he thought the HP's at the last meet were preproduction models.
I would characterize the sound of the
Ethers' as somewhere between the character of the LCD-3 and the HD800, well balanced and with very little color, they are much more comfortable than the LCD series and less sterile than the HD800, they still retain the gravitas of the top line HP's. On my own system they retained the best features of the LCD-3's great mids, and imaging with just slightly less bass extension. A beautiful HP.
HE1K: Smooth and transparent on my system, but for the money I would grab the
Ether
HE500: On Skyline's setup very nice, amazing what a very well put together DIY can do
HD700: Loved them on the Cary, so retried them on my setup as well and they still sounded very special, an under appreciated HP
HE-6: Impressed me as much this meet as the last 2 meets
HD800: I've been reticent to say anything about these HP's as I own a pair, but there were several at the meet and they are still one of my favorites,
the HDV800 sounded much better to me at this meet than the previous meet, the Apex Teton worked well but then the stream quit about 1/2 way through a song and
I just didn't feel comfortable messing around with someone else's gear, that HP amp had plenty of sound and power but hard to get a good feel for. Several regrets, Dan's Liquid Glass/YGGY setup and what a chance to compare several HP's
AKG: You want them, Tom had them, what a great guy and the DIY wooden amp that was solid, as always a fun guy with really nice HP's
Fostex TH-900: Wins the best looking HP award, I loved the current setup and a big upgrade over the previous meet.
More Regrets: I brought the TV monitor to watch the Vols march to victory, that didn't happen, and to toggle the OPPO player which was fine for me, but did give [size=x-small]anyone [/size]else any options,[size=x-small] so from now on computer audio is what I need to return to. The YGGY is one of the DAC's I wanted try with the GS-Xmk2 well that didn't happen, what [/size]
was I thinking? The Vols: I thought Burnley was going to break a table, Fred looked scared, nuff said.
Even More Regrets: Just a great group of Head-Fi people at the meet, including the dude sitting next to me who brought his lovely wife with him and his Alpha Dogs. I honest
thought at the last meet he was casing us out for a heist, what a great guy and partner (who lets him buy into HP's), I apologized for being an idiot A turntable setup and a Music City first. Last, for annoying anyone at the meet with the Vols game, wasting my time on that loss with a chance to hear more HP's and setups.
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And, once again, the Project Ember was up to the task. I'm quite certain other amps can do a better job with them, but the power was sufficient and the sound was very nice. It pushed my amp to about 2 oclock on the volume knob, but there was enough headroom to feel comfortable with the pairing. 
